Andrew Weil: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

The question

Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

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Andrew Weil

Physician; founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

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Adeel Akhtar British actor

A snazzy coffee machine that grinds beans and steams milk.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

Alexa Chung English television presenter

Chanel 2.55 handbag at Heathrow airport during a hangover.

Recorded Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2011 source ↗

Stephen Dorff American actor

When I was 24 or 25, I bought a Warhol canvas. It was a lot of money to throw down on a little painting, but I’ve always loved art.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2021 source ↗

Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer and songwriter

Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗

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I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

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I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

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Question What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months? Money & investment

Yes. Well, one of them I’m holding in my hand right now. And my daughter turned me onto these. She’s now 28. Computer glasses, which I got on Amazon. I don’t know. They were less than $20. But these are yellow-tinted glasses that enlarge things slightly. That has totally changed my comfort in sitting in front of a screen.

Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 10 December 2018 source ↗